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TIMELINE
Shanghai
上海
1852
The Tushanwan Arts and Crafts Centre
Founding of the first Jesuit school teaching Western painting by Jesuits – the Tushanwan Arts and Crafts Centre (Tushanwan huaguan)
耶稣会创立第一所教授西方绘画的学校——土山湾画馆。
1862–1863
Shanghai Municipal Government in the French Concession
An international settlement is established in Shanghai.
外国租界在上海确立。
1866
The Amateur Dramatics Club located in Lyceum Theatre
The Amateur Dramatics Club is formed within the International Settlement.
上海西人业余剧社在公共租界成立。
1867
Wang Tao
Wang Tao is the first Chinese citizen to visit the World Expo at the Crystal Palace in London.
王韬参加伦敦水晶宫世博会，成为中国参观世博会的第一人。
1872
The earliest Chinese students who studies in America
Chinese students go to the USA, England, and France.
中国学生留学美国、英国和法国。
The Bund, 1890s
Bund architecture becomes visible.
外滩建筑群初具规模。
1886
Wang Tao becomes head of Gezhi College in Shanghai, where he promotes Westernstyle education.
王韬成为上海格致中学校长，大力推行西式教育模式。
1890
Jottings from Carefree Travels by Wang Tao
Wang Tao publishes his travelogue, Jottings from Carefree Travels.
Thanks to Chinese readers, many translations of Western texts become available,
王韬出版了他的游记《漫游随录图记》。
19世纪90年代在广大中国读者的努力下，很多西方文章书籍都有了中译本。
1898–1901
the Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion – an antiimperialism, anti-Christian movement by the Righteous Harmony Society (Yihe tuan) or Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists.
反帝反基督教的义和团运动兴起。
1901
Motor cars in Shanghai
Motor cars arrive in Shanghai in the form of two Oldsmobiles. There is much consternation among officials of the Municipal Revenue Office as to how they should be registered. The problem is soon overcome, however, and by the late 1920s there are 7,000 cars registered in Shanghai.
两辆奥尔兹牌汽车首次出现在上海街头。汽车的出现令市政税务署的官员们惊诧不已，他们不知道该如何进行登记。不过问题很快得到了解决。到了20世纪20年代末，已有7000辆汽车在上海登记注册。
1903
Hubei Students studied in Japan
More than 1000 students study in Japan, which has strong cultural links to Germany from the end of 19th century onwards.[1]
千余名中国学生留学日本。从19世纪末以来，日本与德国有着密切的文化联系。[2]
1904
Chinese officials at the Expo venue, 1904
China participates in St Louis World’s Fair.
中国参加圣路易斯世博会。
1905
Self-Portrait as Li Shutong before entering monkhood
Li Shutong (1880–1942) goes to Japan to study watercolour and oilpainting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in Ueno Park (Tokyo Butsu Gakku).
李叔同（1880–1942）于当年前往日本的东京美术学校（坐落于上野公园内）学习，师从黑田清辉主攻水彩画和油画。
1906
15th December, the American Court for China is established in Shanghai.
12月15日，美国在华法院（又称大美国按察使衙门）在上海设立。
Social Shanghai is launched. A glossy monthly journal, it details western social happenings and events in Shanghai.
《上海社会》创刊。这本月刊图文并茂，详细报道了上海西方阶层的各种新闻。
1907
The Palace Hotel,1907
The Palace Hotel opens on Nanjing Road.
汇中饭店（今和平饭店南楼）在南京路正式营业。
Cai Yuanpei in Germany, 1908
Cai Yuanpei studies in Berlin and Leipzig becomes acquainted with the work of of Käthe Kollwitz, Picasso and Kandinsky.
蔡元培在柏林和莱比锡留学，深受珂勒惠支、毕加索和康丁斯基作品的熏陶。
1908
Hongkou Grand Theatre
Opening of the first movie house in Shanghai.
第一座电影院在上海建成。
1911
The Astor Huse Hotel
16th January, the Astor Huse Hotel
黄兴
1月16日，浦江饭店（原名礼查饭店）
1911
Gao Jianfu
Chen Shuren
Gao Jianfu (1879-1951), Gao Qifeng (1889-1935) and Chen Shuren
(1883-1949), the three founders of the Lingnan School, study in Japan, 1906-1911 and participate in the Republican revolution of 1911. In Japan they were inspired by the art of the late Meiji period. They became revolutionaries during that period and returned as cosmopolitan and nationalists convinced of the need to remake China - they were the only ones to work out a theoretical approach to the problem of how to modernize Chinese art while retaining its distinctive identity.
The Gao Brothers in Shanghai 1912-1917 run an art bookstore (Shenmei shuguan) and an art publishing house. This was a private capitalist venture, but its purposes were public and aesthetic. Gao Jianfu publishes the magazine True Record (Zhen xiang huabao) in 1912.
Liu Haisu remembers the bookstore as the first place to sell paintings publicly.
高剑父（1879－1951），高奇峰（1889－1935）与陈树人（1883－1949），岭南画派三位创始人于1903－1911留学日本并参加了1911年共和国革命。在日本他们受到明治时代晚期艺术的启发，在此期间成为了革命者并以深信中国需要被改造的国际及民族主义者身份归国——他们是唯一找到如何真正在保留中国艺术独特身份的基础上将之现代化的理论解决方法的人。
从1912至1917，高氏兄弟在上海经营了一家艺术书店（审美书馆）和一家艺术出版社。这是一家私人资本投资，然而其目的是公共与审美的。高剑父于1912年出版了真相画报杂志，刘海粟后来回忆起这家书店是第一个公共出售油画的地方。
1912
Chen Baoyi in Tokyo with his wife
Chen Baoyi (1 893–1945) st udies in Japan.
陈抱一（1893–1945）到日本留学。
1917
White Russian refugees fleeing to Shanghai
White Russian refugees, fleeing the effects of the Bolshevik Revolution, begin arriving in Shanghai.
April, opium shops are formally closed and the transportation of opium banned.
俄国十月革命爆发，白俄难民蜂拥抵沪。
4月，各大鸦片馆被正式查封，鸦片贸易被明令禁止。
1917
Czech diplomat Vojtech Chytil (1896–1936) exhibits watercolours in Beijing, later befriends Qi Baishi and others.
捷克外交官Vojtech Chytil（1896–1936）在北京举办个人水彩画展，稍后又组织了多场展览，并与齐白石等艺术家成为朋友。
1917
The Great Entertainment Centre
14th July, the Great World Entertainment Centre opens. A huge six-storey facility, it features all-day performances of music, opera, magic and movies, with ancillary attractions such as brothels and fortune tellers available.
7月14日，大世界娱乐中心正式开业。这幢巨大的六层楼建筑提供全天候娱乐演出，音乐、戏剧、魔术、电影、甚至妓院、算命一应俱全。
1919
May 4th Movement: an intellectual turning point in China, which radicalised Chinese intellectual thought vis-à-vis Western models of thinking.
五四运动：中国思想的转折点，中国思想意识受到了西方思想道德观念的碰撞与冲击。
Uchiama Kanzo and his bookstore
The Japanese intellectual, Uchiama Kanzo (1885–1959), opens his famous bookstore in Shanghai, also selling books on Western art.
日本知识分子内山完造（1998–1959）在上海开设了著名的内山书店，为当地知识分子提供了一个聚会场所。书店销售包括西方艺术在内的各方面书籍。
1920–1929
André Claudot
Scène de rue à Chaotchéou by André Claudot, 1929
French artist André Claudot exhibits his work in China and teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou.
法国艺术家安德烈·柯罗多在中国举办个人作品展，并任教于杭州的国立艺术院。
Feng Zikai (1898–1975) studies in Japan.
丰子恺（1898–1975）留学日本。
Xu Beihong (1895–1953) studies in Berlin.
徐悲鸿（1895–1953）留学柏林。
Teng Baiye (1900–1980) studies sculpture and painting in Seattle, where he meets Mark Tobey.
滕白也（1900–1980）在西雅图学习雕塑和绘画，并结识了马克·托比。
Li Haisu (1896–1994) studies in Europe. He in turn teaches Pan Yuliang, China’s first female artist to bring western influence into Chinese painting.
李海粟（1896–1994）留学欧洲。他是中国首位女艺术家潘玉良的老师。潘玉良对中国绘画艺术的贡献在于将西方绘画技法融入中国绘画中。
Artist Georgette Chen (1907–1993) studies painting with Russian artist Victor Podgoursky in Shanghai. Her works are selected for the d’Automne and the Musée du Jeu de Paume in the 1930s.
艺术家张荔英（1907–1993）在上海跟随俄国艺术家Victor Podgoursky学习绘画。20世纪30年代，她的作品入选秋季沙龙、独立沙龙、杜勒利沙龙以及第如迭坡美术馆。
The Futurist Manifesto (by F. T. Marinetti, 1909) arrives to Shanghai by way of Japan.
菲利波·托马索·马里內蒂的《未来主义宣言》（1909）从日本传入中国。
Comintern representatives sent to Shanghai and Beijing. Tretiakov writes I Want a Child and Roar China!.
共产国际代表进驻上海和背景。特列季亚科夫撰文《我想要个孩子》和《怒吼吧，中国》。
To stimulate Chinese artists, Lu Xun, writer and father of the printmaking movement, publishes portfolios of foreign prints by Soviet artists and left-wing German activist artists, including Käthe Kollwitz.
版画运动之父——著名作家鲁迅先生——出版了系列外国版画选集以激励中国艺术家。选集之一是苏联艺术家作品和包括珂勒惠支在内的德国左翼艺术家作品。中国人通过木刻版画传播和推广他们的意识形态信念。
1923
HSBC on the Bund, 1923
23rd June, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation opens the doors of its new headquarters on the Bund. It is ‘the most expensive building constructed in Shanghai to that time.’
6月23日，香港上海汇丰银行在外滩的新总部大楼正式营业。这是“当时上海造价最贵的建筑”。
1927
Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling on the wedding
1st December, Chiang Kai-shek marries Soong Mei-ling, the youngest of the Soong sisters and sister of Finance Minister T. V. Soong, at a high society event held at Shanghai’s Majestic Hotel.
12月1日，蒋介石与财政部长宋子文的妹妹、宋家三小姐宋美龄在大华饭店举行婚礼。
1928
Foreign park, 1928
Foreign parks open to Chinese residents of Shanghai.
外滩公园对华人开放。
1929
The Cathay Hotel
25th September, the Cathay Hotel (now the Peace Hotel), commonly described as the most luxurious in Asia, opens on the Bund.
9月25日，和平饭店在外滩开张，在当时被誉为亚洲最豪华的饭店。
1930–1939
Lu Xun and The Woodcut Research Society members
Lu Xun organises exhibitions of German and Russian printmaking in Shanghai. He also arranges for the Japanese engraver, Uchiyama Kakichi, to teach young Chinese artists. The Woodcut Research Society is established.
鲁迅在上海组织举办了德国和俄国的平面设计作品展。他还邀请到日本雕刻师内山嘉吉为中国艺术家讲课。木刻研究会成立。
Xu Beihong organises exhibitions of Chinese modern art in France, Italy, Germany and the Soviet Union.
徐悲鸿在法国、意大利、德国和苏联组织举办了中国现代艺术展。
Xu Beihong and Liu Haisu travel to Southeast Asia. Li Haisu captured in Indonesia by Japanese and sent back to Shanghai.
徐悲鸿和刘海粟出访东南亚。李海粟在印度尼西亚被日本人逮捕，遣送回上海。
The Beijing Opera performer, Mei Lanfang tours Russia and meets Bertold Brecht.
京剧大师梅兰芳访问俄国，与布莱希特会面。
Tretiakov moves to Beijing as Head of the Comintern and based on his experiences there writes his “factographic” [3]novel Den Shi-Hua about the life of a Chinese worker.
特列季亚科夫升任共产国际领袖，移居北京，并根据自己的经历撰写纪实风格[4]小说《邓实话》，讲述一个中国工人的故事。
The Modern Prints Society publishes the first issue of Modern Prints in December 1934, which contains its de facto manifesto.
现代版画研究会于1934年12月出版了第一本版画期刊《现代版画》，其中包括了该团体的宣言。
1930
The League of Leftwing Writers
2nd March, the League of Leftwing Writers is founded by, amongst others, Lu Xun.
3月2日，鲁迅等人建立了左翼作家联盟。
1931
Victor Sassoon
July, businessman Sir Victor Sassoon relocates to Shanghai from Bombay. ‘ Sir Victor had called the editor of the Times of India into his office to tell him that he was going to leave Bombay for ever and settle down in China.’ A distinguished Sephardic Jew and horse racing fanatic, Sassoon and his family have long ties with Shanghai as one of the leading exporters of opium from India to China. He also built the Cathay Hotel in 1929.
6月，富商威克多·沙逊爵士从孟买迁居上海。“维克多爵士在办公室会见《印度时报》编辑时说，他将永远离开孟买，到中国定居。”沙逊爵士是西班牙系犹太贵族，酷爱赛马。他和他的家族曾是鸦片贸易巨头，长期将印度生产的鸦片贩卖到中国，也因此与上海联系密切。他还于1929年建造了和平饭店。
1933
Acclaimed Shanghai-based writer Mao Dun’s most famous novel, Midnight, is published. Portraying the life of urban industrialist Wu Sunfu in Nationalist China, it highlights the immense suffering of the workers in Asia’s most glamorous and affluent city.
知名上海作家茅盾的代表作《子夜》出版。小说刻画了城市工业家吴荪甫在民族主义中国的生活，突出了在上海这一亚洲最富饶迷人的城市中工人们的巨大苦难。
June, the Grand Theatre opens. It is the first modern cinema in East Asia, with seating for 2,000 moviegoers.
6月，大光明大戏院对外开放。它是当时东亚第一座现代化影院，可同时容纳2000名观众。
The Paramount
15th December, the Paramount Ballroom opens for business. This iconic Art Deco style building is funded by a group of Chinese bankers. It quickly becomes both a meeting place for the Shanghai elite and a financial disaster- it will be on the brink of bankruptcy three years later as its owners fail to balance books against the unpaid bills of its many clients.
12月15日，百乐门大舞厅正式营业。这座装饰艺术的地标性建筑是由一众中国银行家投资建设的。它迅速成为了上海精英们的热门聚会地，但同时也触发了一场金融灾难——因为顾客的未付账单过多，经营者入不敷出，三年后舞厅即处于破产边缘。
1934
Young woodcut artist Liu Xian (1915–90) makes a series of twenty-eight woodblock prints as illustrations of a play titled Roar, China! by the Soviet futurist poet and playwright Sergei Tretiakov.
青年木版画艺术家刘岘（1915 – 1990）根据苏联未来主义诗人和剧作家特列季亚科夫的剧本《怒吼吧，中国》创作了由28幅木版画组成的版画集。
Release of Shanghai Express, starring Marlene Dietrich as Shanghai Lilly.
电影《上海快车》上映，玛琳·黛德丽饰演上海小百合。
Lu Xun, George Bernard Shaw and Cai Yuanpei
George Bernard Shaw visits Shanghai.
乔治·萧伯纳访问上海。
The Hungarian architect, Ladislav Hudec (1893-1958) builds Asia’s tallest building in Shanghai.
匈牙利建筑师邬达克（1893 – 1958）在上海建立远东第一高楼。
Fuzhou Road, Shanghai in 1935
Shanghai becomes the fifth largest city in the world, with 3.5 millinon inhabitants.
上海成为了世界第五大城市，常住人口达350万。
1936
Gao Jianfu lectures at National university in 1936, the lectures are subsequently published in 1936 as “My Views on Contemporary National Painting” (guo hua) - the purposes of art, he argues, are social and public and not the private self-expression of literati painters.
Gao Qifeng’s work remains true to the formula learned in Japan (especially Shijo school) for a national art that is modern but still linked to tradition.
Gao Jianfu discovers Xu Beihong (1896-1953) and helps launching his career.
高剑父于1936年在国立大学开讲座，讲座陆续被发表在其1936的《我的现代国画观》。他在文中讲到，艺术的目的是具有社会性与公共性的，而不是文人画家的个人表达，高奇峰的作品保留了其在日本（尤其是四条派）所学的形式，现代然而仍与传统紧紧相关。高剑父发现了徐悲鸿（1896－1953）并帮助他开创了绘画事业。
1937
Chinese dance hostesses in the Paramount
The Paramount Ballroom is converted into a taxi dance hall with Chinese dance hostesses. It will continue in this mode until 1949, when it becomes a cinema for the new regime, renamed Hong Du or Red Capital Cinema.
百乐门舞厅转型成为招聘职业舞女的舞厅。1949年，它被新政府改造并更名为红都电影院。
1940–1949
Xu Beihong in Prague, 1949
Xu Beihong goes to Prague.
徐悲鸿前往布拉格。
1940
Two Chinese women riding Forever bicycles
The iconic Shanghai brand Forever Bicycles is established.
上海经典品牌——永久牌自行车——创立。
1942
Yan'an Talks on Literature and Art
Yan’an Talks on Literature and Art by Mao Zedong. The Yan’an Talks become the officially approved style of presentation in art and literature from the founding of People’s Republic of China in 1949 until after the death of Mao in 1976.
毛泽东在延安文艺座谈会上发表重要讲话。从1949年新中国成立之初到1976年毛泽东逝世为止,《延安讲话》一直是唯一被官方认可的文艺样式。
Mao Zedong and other representatives at Yan'an talks
May, Mao Zedong, leader of the Communist movement, presents a policy on literary and artistic creation during the Talks on Art and Literature in the Communist base at Yan’an, Shanxi province. He states that all creation should be in the service of the people and the Party.
5月，共产主义运动领袖毛泽东发表《在延安文艺座谈会上的讲话》，对文艺创作提出明确方针：所有的创作都应该为党和人民服务。
1943
Wrapper of the White Rabbit
White Rabbit, the famous Shanghai brand of sweets, is launched, under the name of Mickey Mouse.
著名上海糖果品牌大白兔奶糖以“米老鼠糖”的名称上市销售。
1949
Chen Yi
Shanghai Mayor Chen Yi launches a campaign to reform the city, focused on sanitization of the streets. Reform begins with a series of changes to the boundaries of the former foreigh settlements, which have previously subdivided the city. The aim is to eradicate a physical source of social division within the city.
上海市长陈毅发起了城市改造运动，集中治理道路环境。外国圈占的租界曾在无形中将上海划分为不同的区域，这次改造运动就从这里开始，旨在通过一系列改造根除地理层面上的城市阶层划分。
November, American films are officially taken off the screens in Shanghai’s forty cinemas. They have previously attracted monthly audiences of over 1 million Chinese residents.
11月，所有美国电影正式在上海四十家影院下映，这些一月一次的电影曾吸引了过百万的中国观众。
1950–1959
Portrait of a Young Lady by Ilya Yafimovich Repin
A decade of Soviet influence in oil painting, architecture and sculpture.
Books on Russian art begin to replace those on French impressionism in Chinese bookshops.
在这十年间，苏联对中国的油画、建筑和雕塑产生了重要影响。
俄国艺术书籍开始取代法国印象主义艺术书籍，占据中国的各大书店。
1951
An exhibition of Soviet propaganda and satirical art is held at the Central Academy in Beijing.
Standards for realistic oil painting established by Jiang Feng at the Central Academy in the 1950s are imposed on art schools across China, particularly at the Hangzhou Academy.
苏联宣传画和讽刺画展览在北京的中央美术学院召开。
20世纪50年代，现实主义油画标准在中国各大艺术院校——特别是杭州美院——得到推广。
1951
Shanghai Race Course
17th September, the new government in Shanghai reclaims the former Race Course and begins building the People’s Park, which is completed a year later.
9月17日，上海新政府开始将上海跑马厅改建成人民公园，并于一年后完工。
1954
the Sino-Soviet Friendship Building
4th May, Construction of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Building begins in Shanghai. It is the largest civil construction in Shanghai, and its 109-metre spire makes it the highest point in the city.
5月4日，中苏友好大厦在上海破土动工。它是当时上海最大的建筑，109米的尖顶使它成为了城市的至高点。
1956
Song Huai-Kuei and Maryn Varbanov
Song Huai-Kuei marries the Bulgarian artist, Maryn Varbanov.This is the first mixed marriage in the new China.
宋怀佳与保加利亚艺术家万曼（原名：马林·瓦尔班诺夫）结婚。这是新中国第一场涉外婚姻。
A poster saying "Fight against the Soviet!"
中苏关系破裂。
Model Opera
6月5日至7月31日，第一批样板戏在上海演出。毛泽东的妻子江青将传统京剧《红灯记》、《沙家浜》、《智取威虎山》等改编成样板戏，聚焦当时的社会问题，并成为下一个十年中国人民的主要娱乐方式。
1965
Yao Wenyuan
10th November, polemicist Yao Wenyuan, writing in Shanghai, attacks the story of Hai Rui is Dismissed from Office written by former Beijing vice-mayor Wu Han. In his criticism, Yao discredits Wu’s work, suggesting that its ‘implausible’ characterization is, in fact, a veiled criticism of Mao. This triggers the power struggle that will pave the way for the Cultural Revolution.
11月10日，“四人帮”之一的姚文元在上海撰文抨击前北京副市长吴晗的历史剧《海瑞罢官》。
1966–1976
Art for the people
Art schools and universities across the country are closed down during the Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China.
Artists create work that reflects the revolutionary spirit of the time – art for the people. Oil painting in social realist style replaces traditional ink painting.
Red Guards stage large-scale public art exhibitions, with posters and woodblock prints conveying the fervour of this movement. Painting non-revolutionary subjects at this time is considered an act of transgression.
文革期间，中国各大艺术院校相继关闭。
政府鼓励艺术家创作能够反映当时革命精神的艺术作品——艺术为人民服务。社会现实主义风格的油画全面取代了水墨画——后者在过去的一千多年中一直是中国最为重要的艺术形式之一。
红卫兵策划了一次又一次大规模的公共艺术展览。图画、海报、木版水印画等传递了运动的狂热气氛。任何与革命无关的绘画行为都被视为非法。
样板戏是当时中国境内唯一可以传播和公演的艺术表现样式。样板戏吸收了包括电影、音乐、舞蹈、芭蕾在内的多种西方艺术技巧，成为中国文化中一种新的艺术形式。
Warmly Welcome Another Great Victory of Mao Zedong Thought
5th February, the Shanghai People’s Commune is established as an attempt to take power of the city. The Commune lasts less than one month, before being replaced by the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee is a three-way alliance of Red Guards, Party cadres and army men with Zhang Chunqiao, later to become one of the Gang of Four, in charge.
2月5日，上海人民公社成立，意在夺取上海领导权。但不到一个月，公社即更名为上海革命委员会，由红卫兵、共产党员以及军队联合组成，“四人帮”成员张春桥领导。
15th February, Hunan native Li Jinhui, a singer and song writer known as the father of popular music who has become a prominent figure in Shanghai artistic circles, dies.
2月15日，音乐人、词曲作家黎锦晖去世。黎锦晖出生湖南湘潭，被誉为当代流行音乐之父，是上海艺术界的重量级人物。
1972
Special Envoy Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Zhou Enlai, and others
28th February, the Shanghai Communique is signed by China and the US. Nixon’s visit attempts to formulate ways that the two nations can work to normalize diplomatic relations and expand trade.
2月28日，中美签署《中美联合公报》（简称“上海公报”）。尼克松来华访问，希望两国恢复外交关系、扩大贸易合作。
1978–1979
Deng Xiaoping talking on the conference, 1978
Deng Xiaoping introduces economic and social reforms emphasising increased openness to capitalism and Western culture.
邓小平提出经济与社会改革，强调进一步向资本主义和西方文化开放。
1978
A January exhibition of French 19th century rustic landscape painting at the Gallery in Beijing contributes to the emergence of a new form of critical realism later in the year.
北京国家美术馆于1月举行法国19世纪乡村风景画展。当年年末，一种新艺术样式——批判现实主义——随之兴起。
The Review of Foreign Art (Guowai meishu ziliao), later renamed the Journal of Art Translation (Meishu yicong), is established.
《国外美术资料》创刊，后更名为《美术译丛》。
The first issue of World Art
World Art (Shijie meishu), an academic journal of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, becomes the majorperiodical source for Western art movements of the 1970s and 80s.
中央美院旗下的学术期刊《世界美术》在20世纪70年代至80年代期间成为定期了解世界美术运动的主要渠道。
1979
The Stars group exhibition, 1979
The Beijing Spring of 1979–81 kickstarts a new wave of creative energy for the coming decades.
China’s first modernist show since the 1950s: the Stars group exhibition by self-taught artists displaying their art works on the steps of the National Gallery in Beijing. The work was influenced by Impressionism and Postimpressionism and considered radical in the post-Cultural Revolution context.
1979到1981年的“北京之春”掀起了一股新的创作高潮，为接下来的十年开了个好头。
20世纪50年代以来中国首场现代主义秀：一群自称“星星画会”的业余青年美术者在北京中国美术馆的台阶上展出了他们的前卫艺术作品。展出作品深受印象主义和后印象主义的影响，虽然延续了传统主题（花鸟画等），但在后文革语境中，依然显得激进大胆。
1981
American Paintings from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (with work by Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Helen Frankenthaler, and Jules Olitski) is the first “official” exchange exhibition, organised by the US Government and presented at the Zhongguo Meishuguan (Chinese National Art Gallery) in Beijing and the Shanghai Museum of Art. 30,000 catalogues are sold out in one week.
“波士顿美术馆的美国画作”（包括杰克逊·波洛克、弗朗茨·克莱因、海伦·弗兰肯塔尔以及尤里斯·欧利茨基的作品）是第一场由美国政府负责的“官方”交流展，也是中国文化界自文革以来的大事件。展览分别在北京中国美术馆和上海美术馆举行，受到广泛关注。三万本展览目录在一周内销售一空。
1982
Volkswagen's factory in Shanghai in 1980s
German car manufacturer Volkswagen opens its first factory in Shanghai.
德国大众汽车在上海开设第一家工厂。
1982
The Armand Hammer collection of paintings is shown at the National Museum of Art in Beijing.
阿曼德·哈默绘画作品展在北京国家美术馆举行。
Authorities launch the Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign in early 1982, condemning three westernising trends in art that appeared since the end of the CR: individualistic values, “art for art’s sake” and abstraction.
1982年早期，有关当局发起了反精神污染运动，谴责了三股在文革末期兴起的西化美术风潮：个人主义价值观、“为艺术而艺术”以及抽象主义。
Andy Warhol in Beijing, 1982
Andy Warhol visits China with photographer Christopher Makos.
安迪·沃霍尔与摄影师克里斯多夫·梅科访问中国。
Paintings by Edvard Munch are exhibited in Beijing and Kunming.
Work by Pablo Picasso is shown in Beijing and Shanghai.
巴勃罗·毕加索的作品在上海和北京展出。
1984
Shanghai is one of fourteen Chinese cities declared open to foreign investment.
上海成为十四个接受外国投资的中国城市之一。
1985
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin is appointed Mayor of Shanghai.
江泽民被任命为上海市长。
The poster of Robert Rauschenberg's exhibition in China
Beginning of the enlightening collectivist era in Chinese modern art (through 1989).
Continuous translation of works by Winckelmann, Wolfflin, Gombrich, Popper, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Sartre.
Robert Rauschenberg’s Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange, better known as ROCI, opens at the Beijing National Gallery and has a pofound impact on the artists of the 85 Movement. Rauschenberg lectures at the Central Academy of Graphic Art in Beijing and participates in a discussion with the artists of the Anonymous Painting Group (Wuming huahui).
中国现代艺术迎来崭新的集体主义时代（从1989年起）。
温克尔曼、沃尔夫林、刚布里奇、波普、黑格尔、叔本华、尼采、柏格森、萨特等人的作品不断得到译介。
罗伯特·劳森伯格的“劳森伯格海外文化交换”（又名 “ROCI”）在北京国家美术馆举行，这一展览对“85新潮”的艺术家起着深远影响。劳森伯格在北京中央美术学院版画系进行了一次演讲，并与“无名画会”的艺术家们进行交流与讨论。
1986
Deng Xiaoping meeting Queen Elizabeth II
Octorber, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visits Shanghai. For the visit, the government sandblasts the buildings along the Bund. Big Ching, modeled on Big Ben, on top of the Customs House Building, is restored, after its mechanism was removed during the Cultural Revolution.
10月，英国女王伊丽莎白二世访问上海。为迎接女王，上海市政府组织清扫了外滩的所有大楼，并整修了海关大楼上的大清钟。大清钟是仿照英国大本钟而建造的，在文革期间被拆除了机械装置。
Cai Guoqiang moves to Japan.
蔡国强移居日本。
Chen Zhen moves to Paris.
陈箴移居巴黎。
1987
December, the Shanghai Film Archive is established.
12月，上海电影资料馆成立。
The poster of Empire of the Sun
9th December, Steven Speilberg’s film Empire of the Sun, based on the memoirs of British writer, J. G. Ballard, who grew up in Shanghai and was interned in the city during the war, is released. Many Shanghai scenes are recreated in Elstree Studios in London while Sunningdale in Berkshire doubles for Ballard’s home in the Western Roads area of Shanghai. However, filming also takes place on the Bund.
12月9日，史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格的电影《太阳帝国》上映。影片以英国作家巴拉德的回忆录为蓝本，讲述了一个英国少年在二战上海的成长过程和集中营经历。很多旧上海的场景都是由伦敦埃尔斯特里工作室重新制作的，伯克郡的桑宁德尔则复制于巴拉德在上海西郊的家。同时电影也在外滩取景。
November, Jiang Zemin is promoted to Party Secretary of Shanghai.
11月，江泽民升任上海市党委书记。
Contemporary China Tapestry Exhibition
The Varbanov Tapestry Institute at the Zhejiang Academy of Art in Hangzhou exhibits works in Shanghai. Works by Bulgarian artist Maryn Ivanov and his protégés, Gu Wenda and Shi Hui, who later participate in the 13th Biennial in Lausanne, together with Liang Shaoji.
杭州万曼壁挂艺术研究所在上海举办艺术展。参展艺术家包括保加利亚艺术家万曼以及中国艺术家谷文达、施慧等。其后，施慧还与梁绍基共同参加了第十三届洛桑双年展。
1988
Zhu Rongji (Left)
25th April, Zhu Rongji takes up his new appointment as mayor of Shanghai.
4月25日，朱镕基被任命为上海市长。
1989
China: Avant-garde, 1989
The Student Movement of 1989 China: Avant-garde opens at the National Art Gallery in Beijing, marking a culmination for the Chinese modern art movement and the ‘85 Movement.
89学生运动：《中国现代艺术展》在北京国家美术馆举行，使中国现代艺术运动以及“85新潮运动”达到高潮。
Many other artists leave for USA, Australia, Japan and France.
其他众多艺术家纷纷前往美国、澳大利亚、日本和法国。
1990
19th January, construction work begins on Shanghai’s first subway line.
1月19日，上海第一条地铁线路破土动工。
The opening ceremony of the Shanghai Stock Exchange
19th December, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) opens for business. The first Stock Exchange, opened 1920, was originally housed in the Astor House Hotel until 1949, and it is in the hotel that it is now re-launched.
12月19日，上海证券交易所在浦江饭店正式营业。第一家证券交易所成立于1920年，也设在浦江饭店内，1949年遭到关闭。
1991
Lujiazui under construction at the start of 21st century
6th September, Shanghai Development Corporation invites five international architectural firms to submit proposals for a new financial district to be located in Pudong’s Lujiazui area.
9月6日，上海发展有限公司决定在浦东陆家嘴新建金融贸易区，五所国际建筑公司参与投标。
1993
Jiang Zemin becomes President of the PRC.
江泽民当选中华人民共和国主席。
The poster of the Shanghai International Film Festival, 1993
7th-14th October, the Shanghai International Film Festival is launched.
10月7日至14日，第一届上海国际电影节开幕。
The poster of Gilbert and George's China exhibition, 1993
George’s China exhibition is held at the National Art Gallery in Beijing and the Shanghai Art Museum.
《吉尔伯特和乔治中国展》在北京中国美术馆和上海美术馆举行。
陈桐在广州开设博尔赫斯书店，该书店成为了广州重要的当代艺术聚集地。书店出版当代西方文学书籍和艺术理论书籍。
It is the first mainstream article on the art scene in China.
安德鲁·所罗门的文章《他们的嘲讽、幽默和艺术能拯救中国》发表在《纽约时报》上，对当时的中国艺术界做了一个比较全面的介绍，对很多中国艺术家的早期职业生涯产生了重大影响。
第45届威尼斯双年展首次举行中国艺术家展览。
1995
Shanghai Triad, 1995
The film Shanghai Triad, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring his protégée love interest, actress Gong Li, is released.
18th November, the Oriental Pearl Television Tower is completed. Sited on the Pudong side of the Huangpu opposite the Bund, it quickly becomes the symbol of new, technologically modern Shanghai.
由张艺谋导演、巩俐主演的电影《摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥》公映。
11月18日，坐落于外滩对岸、浦东地区的东方明珠电视塔竣工，并迅速成为了科技现代化上海的标志。
Lorenz Helbling
Lorenz Helbling, from Switzerland, establishes Shanghart Gallery in Shanghai, the city’s first contem - porary art gallery.
瑞士人劳伦斯·何浦林在上海建立了该城的第一座当代艺术美术馆——香格纳画廊。
1996
The poster of Shanghai Biennial, 1996
The Shanghai Biennial is launched.
第一届上海双年展开幕。
12th October, the new Shanghai Museum is inaugurated in its new home on People’s Square. The unusual architectural form, in the shape of an ancient bronze ding cooking vessel, reflects the ancient cosmological beliefs of the earth relative to the heavens. It houses a collection of almost 120,000 rare cultural relics.
10月12日，上海博物馆在新址人民广场对外开放。博物馆的建筑外形仿照中国古代青铜鼎，巧妙反映了古代“天圆地方”的宇宙观念。馆内收藏了近12万件珍贵文物。
Shanghai Art Museum inaugurates its biennial programme.
上海美术馆开始举办双年展。
1997
Paintings by Edvard Munch are shown at Shanghai Museum.
爱德华·蒙克绘画作品在上海博物馆展出。
Cities on the Move
Hou Hanru organises Cities on the Move with Hans Ulrich Obrist.
小汉斯与侯瀚如共同策划组织了《移动中的城市》。
MoMA curator, Barbara London, documents her studio visits in China on the web.
纽约现代艺术博物馆策展人芭芭拉·伦敦在互联网上报道了她在中国的工作室之旅。
1998
Shanghai Grand Theatre
October, the Shanghai Grand Theatre opens.
10月，上海大剧院对外开放。
The interior space of BizArt
BizArt is founded by Davide Quadrio, followed by Huang Yuanqing and Katelijn Verstraete.
黄渊青、乐大豆和Katelijn Verstraete创立比翼艺术中心。
Mondrian’s work is shown at the Beijing International Art Palace with work by 30 Chinese artists sharing similar interests, organised by Hans van Dijk.
蒙德里安艺术作品在北京国际艺苑美术馆展出，附带展出的还有30位与蒙德里安画风相似的中国艺术家作品。
Zhang Huan moves to New York.
张洹移民纽约。
1999
Jinmao Tower
March, the 88-storey Jinmao Tower in Pudong opens for business. Designed by the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, it was the third tallest building in the world and the tallest in China until 2007.
3月，88层高的浦东金茂大厦正式运营。它由芝加哥S.O.M事务所设计，在2007年前一直都是世界第三、中国第一高楼。
China Art Archives and Warehouse
Hans van Dijk, with collector, Frank Uytterhaegen and artist, Ai Weiwei, founds China Art Archives and Warehouse.
戴汉志与收藏家傅郎克、艺术家艾未未共同创立“艺术文件仓库”。
Art for Sale is curated by Alexander Brandt, Xu Zhen and Yang Zhenzhong in Shanghai.
飞苹果、徐震和杨振中在上海策划“艺术超市”展。
2000
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Centre
February, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Centre opens, the largest facility of its kind worldwide. Its roof is styled as a white magnolia, Shanghai’s floral symbol. The centre is for exhibition, research, study and exchange, education and leisure on the central theme of urban environmental development.
2月，上海城市规划馆正式开放，建筑规模为世界同类展馆之最。屋顶以上海市花白玉兰为设计原型。中央空间以城市环境发展为中心主题，集展览、研究、学习、交流、教育、娱乐为一体。
September, Shanghai Art Museum moves to its present location in the former Race Club clubhouse building, located adjacent to the People’s Square.
9月，上海美术馆迁入毗邻人民广场的旧上海跑马场大楼。
The poster of 3rd Shanghai Biennial
Spirit of Shanghai, 3rd Shanghai Biennial, curated by Hou Hanru, features 67 artists from 18 countries.
第三届上海双年展《上海的精神》由侯瀚如担当策展人，邀请了来自18个国家的67位艺术家参展。
Zhang Peili exhibits his work at ARCO.
张培力的作品在马德里当代艺术博览会（Arco）上展出。
Chen Zhen dies in Paris, where he had moved in 1986.
陈箴1986年移居巴黎，并于当年在巴黎去世。
2001
December, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum opens to the public. The museum houses an IMAX theatre and exhibits on a range of technology subjects. Shortly after the opening, the museum is drawing an average of 3 million visitors annually.
12月，上海科技馆对外开放。展馆包括一座三维影院以及一系列技术主题展厅。开放不久年均游客数即达3百万。
Homeport
Homeport, initiated by the Rotterdambased non-profit organisation, Cell with BizArt, is presented in Fuxing Park, with videos by Song Tao, Liang Yue, Yang Fudong and Yang Zhenzhong.
鹿特丹非营利机构Cell发起《Homeport》在复兴公园举行，宋涛、梁玥、杨福东和杨振中的视频作品参与展览。比翼艺术中心担任展览组织者。
2002
The first phase of Xintiandi
The first phase of the Xintiandi development opens, a series of preserved shikumen buildings now formed into a cluster of pedestrianized restaurants, shops and entertainment venues.
新天地一期对外开放。它将一定区域内的石库门旧居群改建成了汇聚餐馆、商店和娱乐场所的步行街。
An Estranged Paradise by Yang Fudong
Yang Fudong participates in Documenta 11 in Germany.
杨福东到德国参加第11届文献展。
Fan Dian, Wu jiang, Li Xu, Yuko Hasegawa and Alana Heiss co-curate the Shanghai Biennial.
范迪安、伍江、李旭、长谷川佑子、阿兰娜·黑斯共同策划了上海双年展。
Hou Hanru co-curates the Gwangju Biennial with Charles Esche.
侯翰如与Charles Esche（目前担任Van Abbe博物馆馆长）共同策划光州双年展。
Long March Project invites feminist American artist Judy Chicago to China.
《长征计划》负责人卢杰和邱志杰邀请美国女权主义艺术家朱迪·芝加哥参与该项目。
2003
Shanghai's Maglev Line
31st December, Shanghai’s Maglev Line is inaugurated by Jiang Zemin and the German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. It is the first commercial line of this kind in the world, connecting Pudong International Airport with the Shanghai subway system. With a top speed of 430 kilometres per hour, the 30 kilometren journey takes only seven minutes.
12月31日，江泽民和德国总理施罗德为上海磁悬浮列车启动揭幕。上海磁悬浮列车是世界上首列商用列车，连接浦东国际机场和上海轨道交通。磁悬浮列车最高时速达430千米/小时，30千米的路程7分钟即可到达。
Asian Field by Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley’s Asian Field installation begins tour of China.
安东尼·高莫利的亚洲现场装置开始在中国进行巡回展。
China Art Archive and Warehouse host an exhibition of photographs by the late Hans van Dijk.
艺术文件仓库主办已故艺术家戴汉志的摄影展。
Hou Hanru curates Zones of Urgency for the Venice Biennial.
侯翰如策划了威尼斯双年展参展项目《紧急地带》。
2004–2005
The poster of Year of France
Year of France in China – two years of cultural exchange, China in France followed by France in China. 法国文化年在中国——为期两年的文化交流，法国的中国文化年以及中国的法国文化年先后举办。
2004
Duolun Museum of Art opens. Exhibitions include Open Sky, a pivotal exhibition for Shanghai artists, and A Short History of Dutch Video Art.
上海多伦现代美术馆成立，展览包括：面向海派艺术家的重要展览《打开天空》以及由洛柿田策划的《荷兰录像艺术简史》。
The Monk and the Demon by Fei Dawei
Fei Dawei curates The Monk and the Demon at the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Lyon, France, and All under Heaven at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp (MuHKA), with the Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation.
费大为策划《里里外外》，展览在里昂的法国里昂当代美术馆展出。费大为策划《天下》，展览在安特卫普当代美术馆（MuHKA）展出。本次展览由安特卫普当代美术馆和尤伦斯夫妇基金会联合举办。
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China opens in New York and Chicago, curated by Christopher Phillips and Wu Hung.
由克里斯多夫·菲利普斯和巫鸿策划的《过去和未来之间：中国新影像展》在纽约和芝加哥举办。
Mass MoCA in the USA opens a solo show by Cai Guoqiang.
美国当代艺术馆举办蔡国强个人作品展。
Three on the Bund
April, Three on the Bund opens, the address marking the former site of the famous ‘old Shanghai’ members’ club the Shanghai Club with its famed ‘long bar’. It is the first of the former international hangouts along the Bund to be entirely refurbished from top to bottom, and commandeered to meet the aspirations of the latest Shanghai lifestyles and Society.
4月，外滩三号开张。这里曾是著名的上海总会及其长廊酒吧所在。这是外滩第一幢进行完全翻新的前外国建筑，旨在迎合当今的上海生活方式和社会。
December, the private development Bridge 8, a socalled lifestyle centre, opens. This follows the announcement of a new Shanghai Municipal Government strategy of supporting the development culture and creative industries.
12月，号称时尚生活中心的上海八号桥对外营业。随之，上海市政府宣布了扶持文化创意产业的新政策。
2005
MoCA Shanghai
MoCA Shanghai opens with Pierre & Gilles: Retrospective, organised by Oscar Ho Hing-Kay.
上海当代艺术馆开馆，同时举行《Pierre et Gilles 回顾展》，何庆基担任策展人。
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV presents KM3: Proposals for Chinese Cities, at Shanghai Gallery of Art.
荷兰建筑事务所MVRDV 在上海外滩沪申画廊举办《KM3：中国城市建筑提案展》。
Cai Guoqiang curates the first China Pavilion at the 51st Venice Biennal.
蔡国强策划第51届威尼斯双年展中国馆。
Mahjong opens in Bern, Switzerland, featuring more than 200 works from the Uli Sigg collection.
《麻将》展在瑞士伯尔尼举行，展览展出了乌里·希克的200余件作品。希克是前瑞士驻北京大使
Bureau Friedrich*s Waling Boers teams up with Pi Li for a commercial gallery space in Beijing.
弗里德里希办公室/瓦林·波尔斯与皮力合作在北京筹办一个商业画廊。
Karen Smith publishes her book, Nine Lives: The Birth of Avant-Garde Art in New China.
凯伦·史密斯出版个人著作《九条命：新中国先锋艺术的诞生》。
2006
The poster of China Power Station
China Power Station: Part I opens in London. Organised by the Serpentine Gallery.
由英国蛇形画廊主办的《中国电站：第一部分》艺术展在伦敦举行。
2007
Shanghai hosts the Guggenheim Museum’s Art in America: Three Hundred Years of Innovation exhibition.
上海主办《美国艺术三百年》展。
ShContemporary, an international contemporary art fair is established in Shanghai.
国际当代艺术博览会“国际当代艺术展”在上海成立。
UCCA
UCCA, a non-profit, comprehensive art centre, is founded by collectors Guy and Myriam Ullens in Beijing, November 2007.
收藏家尤伦斯夫妇（Guy & MyriamUllens）于2007年11月在北京成立尤伦斯当代艺术中心，这是一家非营利性的综合艺术中心。
Arthub Asia is established, a multi-disciplinary organisation devoted to contemporary art creation in China and the rest of Asia, in collaboration with the Prince Claus Foundation as Network Partner.
致力于中国和亚洲其他地区当代艺术创作事务的跨领域组织Arthub亚洲成立，并成为克劳斯亲王基金会的联络伙伴。
Fairytale, by artist Ai Weiwei, brings 1001 Chinese people to Documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany.
艾未未携作品《童话》参与在德国卡塞尔举办的第12届文献展，作为作品基本组成部分的1001名普通中国人也因此共同前往卡塞尔。
Long March Project’s Lu Jie and Performa’s Defne Ayas collaborate for Performa ‘07, premiering live projects by Xu Zhen and Qiu Zhijie in New York.
《长征计划》负责人卢杰和Performa策展人Defne Ayas合作策划Performa07，徐震、邱志杰及其他纽约艺术家首次为Performa带来现场表演项目。
The Chinese language edition of Artforum magazine is published on-line, with Philip Tinari as editor.
国际杂志《艺术论坛》中文版在网络首发，田霏宇担任主编。
2008
Inopportune: Stage One by Cai Guoqiang
The Cai Guoqiang exhibition is presented at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
蔡国强个人展在纽约古根海姆博物馆举行。
Synthetic Times: Media Art China 2008 opens at the National Art Museum, a Cultural Olympics project featuring many international collaborations, including MoMA.
《合成时代：媒体中国2008》在中国美术馆举行，这是文化奥林匹克活动的序幕。本次展览与包括纽约现代艺术博物馆在内的众多国际组织建立了合作关系。
Zendai MoMA presents Intrude Art & Life 366, a yearlong series of public interventions by local and international artists.
Old/ New Routes: A Selection of Video Art from Central Asia at BizArt, curated by Stefan Rusu.
Strategies from Within: An Exhibition of Vietnamese and Cambodian Contemporary Art Practices, curated by Biljana Ciric.
证大现代艺术馆举办《介入：艺术生活366天》，在为期一年的时间里，当地和国际艺术家将持续介入公众生活。
《过去/现在通道——中亚录像展》
策展人：Stefan Rusu
主办人：比翼艺术中心
《在野策略，越南与柬埔寨当代文化艺术实略》
策展人：Biljana Ciric
赞助人：Arthub基金会
杰罗姆·桑斯被任命为北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心新馆长。
2009
The China Interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Hans Ulrich Obrist publishes The China Interviews.
《小汉斯：中国访谈集》出版。
WasteNot by Song Dong at MoMA
Song Dong transforms the contents of his mother’s former home in Beijing into his Waste Not installation at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
宋东用他母亲遗留在北京老家中的物品制作了一个名为《物尽其用》的装置作品，在纽约现代艺术博物馆中展出。
Ten Thousand Waves by Isaac Julien
British filmmaker Isaac Julien begins filming in China.
英国电影人艾萨克·朱利安开始在中国的电影拍摄工作。
The India-China Year. India Xianzai: Contemporary Indian Art is held at MoCA Shanghai | Art Culture, in collaboration with an auction house.
印度中国年。《印度现在：当代印度艺术》 - 上海当代艺术馆 | 艺术文化与拍卖行的合作Arthub在上海当代艺术馆举办了一场探讨中印发展动态的专题讨论会。
2010
British Council Collection
British Council Collection is presented at the Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai.
《未来总动员——英国文化协会当代艺术珍藏展》在上海民生现代美术馆举行。
Double Infinity at the Dutch Culture Center, Shanghai Expo
The Van Abbemuseum collaborates with Arthub Asia as part of the Dutch pavilion of the Shanghai WorldExpo 2010 in May, 2010.
Van Abbe博物馆与Arthub亚洲合作 ，于2010年5月在上海2010世博会荷兰馆中举办展览。
British magazine New Statesman listed Chinese best-selling author Han Han at 48th place in the list of “The World’s Most Influential Figures 2010”
英国杂志《新政治家》将中国畅销书作家韩寒列于“2010年影响世界人物”榜单第28位。
[1] See catalogue of Tokyo - Berlin / Berlin – Tokyo exhibition by David Elliott (2006).
[2] 参见David Elliott（2006） 《东京 – 柏林/柏林 – 东京》展的展览目录
[3] “Factography” was based on the idea that the writer and photographer should adopt the role of reporters in order to reflect the growth and power of the proletariat.
[4] “纪实风格”的核心概念是作者和摄影师应当像记者那样反映工人阶级的成长和力量。
Endnote:
This timeline is not complete, and probably never could be, given the wealth of histories, discourses, twists and turns in China’s soft history of art in relation to the rest of the world. This timeline stands as a suggestive interpretation only, and should be seen and treated as a work in progress.
It is compiled by one of Arthub’s directors, Defne Ayas, with contributions by Leo Xu, Francesca Tarocco and Matthieu Borysevicz. Sources include Inside Out (exhibition catalogue), Shanghai Modern 1919–1945 (exhibition catalogue), Art and China’s Revolution (exhibition catalogue) and Art and Artists of Twentieth-century China by Michael Sullivan.
尾声：
这份大事年表并不完整；而且有鉴于中国艺术历史的丰富曲折、错综复杂，这份年表可能永远也不能完整。
这份年表仅仅具有承前启后的诠释功能，而且也应当被看作一个半成品。
Arthub董事之一Defne Ayas担任了年表的编撰工作，许宇、 FrancescaTarocco、潘翎、以及MatthieuBorysevicz做出了极大贡献。年表来源包括：《Inside Out》展览目录 ；《上海摩登1919–1945》展览目录；《 艺术与中国革命》展览目录；苏立文著《二十世纪中国艺术和艺术家》。
